"Eric Lewis" is the name of:

*Eric Lewis (pianist) (born 1973), American jazz pianist

*Eric Lewis (actor) (1855–1935), British actor

*Eric Lewis (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer

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The fact is, the committee's allegations are baseless -- Mr. Sevan never took a penny, as he has said from the beginning. The IIC is and, since the beginning of its efforts, has been on a mission to scapegoat Mr. Sevan in a misguided attempt to spare the United Nations criticism and deflect attention away from the conduct of others.

The fact is, the committee's allegations are baseless. Mr. Sevan never took a penny, as he has said from the beginning.

The IIC claims that Mr. Sevan received money from African Middle East Petroleum in concert with Fred Nadler, a friend, and a relative by marriage of Mr. (Fakhry) Abdelnour, the principal of AMEP.

The IIC wants cartoon villains, not the truth. Mr. Sevan has now reached a point in his dealings with the IIC where he questions the Committee's commitment to objective and evenhanded fact-finding and doubts he can receive a fair hearing in this forum.

The Independent Inquiry Committee now claims that Mr. Sevan received money from AMEP 'in concert with' Fred Nadler, a friend of Mr. Sevan since 1992 and a relative by marriage of (Fahkry) Abdelnour, the principal of AMEP.

There is no evidence to show, and it is not credible to argue, that Mr. Sevan, who spent forty years with the U.N. and ran a $64 billion program, would jeopardize his career for $160,000, trust a person he had never met (Abdelnour) to carry out the scheme and report the proceeds on his U.N. financial disclosure forms.

Its not about money, its about accountability.

Torture is not American, it's un-American; arbitrary detention is un-American and what these young men have suffered and continue to suffer is something for which we, the American justice system, need to hold these people accountable.

Some people want to get out. It's not the most relaxed atmosphere sometimes in those types of schools, and in the neighborhoods in general. Some kids want to go to the polar opposite, if you will, to another type of culture and atmosphere.